(Verse 1)
The station clock is ticking like a heartbeat on its own
I’m standing in the shadows of the life that we had grown
Your suitcase by the doorway, the silence in the hall
Is the loudest sound I’ve ever heard, the hardest way to fall
I’m memorizing every line, the way you say my name
Before the world goes quiet and nothing feels the same.
(Pre-Chorus)
The platform’s cold, the mist is rolling in
Where do I end? Where do you begin?
I’m reaching for a hand that’s already let go
Watching the arrival of the end of the show.
(Chorus)
And there goes the last train, pulling out of sight
Taking every dream we had into the velvet night
I’m a ghost on the gravel, a flicker in the rain
Just a passenger of sorrow on a one-way track of pain
You’re moving toward the sunrise, I’m fading in the blue
On the last train out, and it’s carrying all of you.
(Verse 2)
The taillights are a blur of red, like blood against the dark
Every mile between us is a brand new jagged mark
I’ve got a pocket full of promises that won’t ever be spent
Trying to find the reason why"forever" only meant
Until the ticket’s punched, until the whistle blows
How much it hurts to lose you, only the midnight knows.
(Bridge)
I’d run along the iron, I’d scream until I’m hoarse
But I can’t stop a heavy heart from taking its own course
The tracks are made of iron, but my spirit’s made of glass
Watching everything I ever loved simply... pass.
(Chorus)
There goes the last train, pulling out of sight
Taking every dream we had into the velvet night
I’m a ghost on the gravel, a flicker in the rain
Just a passenger of sorrow on a one-way track of pain
You’re moving toward the sunrise, I’m fading in the blue
On the last train out, and it’s carrying all of you.
(Outro)
The echoes are dying...
The rails are hummin' low...
I’m still on the platform...
With nowhere left to go.
The last train out.
Just let me go.
